About Granthgarh Village

Granthgarh is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 514, made up of 268 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Granthgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Granthgarh village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143201
Area (hectares)	99 hectares
Population	514
Male Population	268
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Granthgarh compares

By the 2011 count Granthgarh is the 230th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Granthgarh

Granthgarh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Granthgarh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Granthgarh from other places

Granthgarh lies about 48 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Granthgarh
Nearest railway station	Ramdas	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	25 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	25 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	48 km

Villages closest to Granthgarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajnala tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Granthgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Granthgarh village had a population of 514. That makes it the 230th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Granthgarh village has 268 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Granthgarh has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Granthgarh is 143201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Granthgarh covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Granthgarh falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Granthgarh is Ramdas, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Granthgarh.

Granthgarh is about 48 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Granthgarh is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ramdas is about 12 km away. Ajnala is about 25 km away. Ajnāla is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.